Chapter 6: Public Opinion and Political Action

Question 1

Public Opinion

Answer 1

The distribution of the population’s beliefs about politics and policy issues

Question 2

Demography

Answer 2

How a population changes/changed over time.

Question 3

Census

Answer 3

Required by the Constitution, the gov. conducts a Census of the American population every 10 years. A census tries to figure out how to allocate money to different services and how a pop. looks like.

Question 4

What were the 3 waves of immigration that happened

Answer 4

The first wave consisted of Northwestern Europeans, 2nd was with Southern/Eastern Europeans, and the last wave consisted of Hispanics.

Question 5

Hart-Celler Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Question 6

Melting Point Debate

Answer 6

Describes the US, with its long history of immigration, showing how cultures, ideas, and people are becoming mixed into one.

Question 7

Political Culture

Answer 7

An overall set of values widely shared within a society

Question 8

Reapportionment

Answer 8

Reallocating seats in the House of Reps. every 10 years based on the Census

Question 9

Political Socialization

Answer 9

How someone builds their view of the political world, and what he/she supports and believes in.

Question 10

Sample

Answer 10

A small proportion of people who are chosen to represent the whole

Question 11

Random-Digit Dialing

Answer 11

A technique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly

Question 12

Random Sampling

Answer 12

Theory of everyone having an equal chance of being represented for the sample

Question 13

Sampling Error

Answer 13

The level of confidence in the findings of a poll. The more people interview the more confident some can be

Question 14

Exit Polls

Answer 14

Surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners

Question 15

Political Ideology

Answer 15

A set of belief about politics, public policy, and public purpose , which gives meaning to political events

Question 16

What is a liberal ideology?

Answer 16

Usually have the idea for a wide scope of government, policies to promote equality, and less willing to use american troops

Question 17

What is conservative ideology?

Answer 17

Support a less active scope of the government which give more power to private sectors, willing to use army.